kbd_mode - report or set the keyboard mode

       Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>

       Without argument, kbd_mode prints the current keyboard mode (RAW, MEDIUMRAW or XLATE).  With argument, it
       sets the keyboard mode as indicated:

       -s: scancode mode (RAW),

       -k: keycode mode (MEDIUMRAW),

       -a: ASCII mode (XLATE),

       -u: UTF-8 mode (UNICODE).

       Of  course  the  "-a" is only traditional, and the code used can be any 8-bit character set.  With "-u" a
       16-bit character set is expected, and these chars are transmitted to the kernel  as  1,  2,  or  3  bytes
       (following the UTF-8 coding).  In these latter two modes the key mapping defined by loadkeys(1) is used.

       kbd_mode  operates  on the console specified by the "-C" option; if there is none, the console associated
       with stdin is used.

       Warning: changing the keyboard mode, other than between  ASCII  and  Unicode,  will  probably  make  your
       keyboard  unusable.  Set  the "-f" option to force such changes.  This command is only meant for use (say
       via remote login) when some program left your keyboard in the wrong state.  Note that  in  some  obsolete
       versions  of  this  program the "-u" option was a synonym for "-s" and older versions of this program may
       not recognize the "-f" option.

       kbd_mode - report or set the keyboard mode

loadkeys(1)

kbd                                                6 Apr 1994                                        KBD_MODE(1)

kbd_mode [ -a|-u|-k|-s ] [ -f ] [ -CCONSOLE ]